On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
> On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
>>>
>> That page got right up my nose
>>
>> --
>> Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a
>> "television programme".
Not to be picky but "spelt" is a type
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Matt Wheeler wrote:
> 2009/10/21 Peter Adam Kelly :
> > Thanks loads for the info,
> >
> > I am brushing up on my knowledge of network security, I have some Ubuntu
> > dedicated and VPS servers and of course I want them as strong as can be,
> any
> > more links or
Alan Bell wrote:
> Paul Sutton wrote:
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>> Linux got a mention on the lunch time news, well it showed tux, and the
>> google and apple logos, as alternatives, but didn't say much about em
>>
> well it is Microsoft's big day (well it is tomor
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
>> On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
>>> That page got right up my nose
>>>
>>> --
>>> Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a
>>> "television programme".
>
> Not t
2009/10/22 Paul Roach :
> [snip]
>
> If possible, only permit key based login using SSH as well - this will
> completely remove the risk of password based attacks
>
This is a very good idea but it's not always sufficient, as Apache
recently found out.
In their case, a third-party webserver go
I think you meant "users tend to be logged in as a normal user instead
of root, so it's much harder..."
Otherwise, being logged in as root all the time does give access to
system files, which Linux is good at protecting by not having a user
logged in as root, compared to Windows, where a user i
That's a good way to describe it -- Software with Secrets. Including a
backdoor so that US govt agencies can spy on you, as well as the WGA
tool to report back any activity on your PC to Microsoft.
David King
alan c wrote:
>
>
> Not least, Windows is Software with Secrets!
> That regime is n
2009/10/22 David King :
> That's a good way to describe it -- Software with Secrets. Including a
> backdoor so that US govt agencies can spy on you,
[[citation needed]]
> as well as the WGA
> tool to report back any activity on your PC to Microsoft.
>
[[citation needed]]
I'd be interested in se
On 22/10/09 08:54, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>> Paul Sutton wrote:
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>>> Linux got a mention on the lunch time news, well it showed tux, and the
>>> google and apple logos, as alternatives, but didn't say much about em
>>>
>>
On 22/10/09 09:22, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/10/22 David King:
>> That's a good way to describe it -- Software with Secrets. Including a
>> backdoor so that US govt agencies can spy on you,
>
> [[citation needed]]
There was a story (poss. last year or earlier) about a FBI(or Police)
conference in t
2009/10/22 Alan Lord (News) :
> There was a story (poss. last year or earlier) about a FBI(or Police)
> conference in the US where MS apparently handed out a USB key to all
> delegates that had "backdoors" into Windows. If I get chance I'll try to
> search for it.
>
Interesting, I'd not heard abou
Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
>
> Quoting from the website:
> -Spend lots of money for Windows 7 for every computer in your organisation,
> -First you will need to take very careful backups of everything (not
> just files but emails, favourites, settings etc),
> -Format your machine's hard disk and insta
David,
David King wrote:
> I think you meant "users tend to be logged in as a normal user instead
> of root, so it's much harder..."
Indeed, I did! Just careless posting on my part!
Regards,
Tony.
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IT Services Division, Kilburn
So is this all confirmed then? And will there be Wi-Fi?
2009/10/17 Gordon Allott
> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 16:54 +0100, Lucy wrote:
>
> > That looks brilliant. Thank you! I think 6pm is fine for the time.
> >
> > The text looks slightly pixelated but that might just be my computer.
> >
> > Do you
There is indeed wifi. It's all confirmed, and I'll even be there! :)
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2009/10/22 Simon Wears :
> So is this all confirmed then? And will there be Wi-Fi?
>
>
> 2009/10/17 Gordon Allott
>>
>> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 16:54 +0100, Lucy wrote:
>>
>> > Tha
Excellent. I'll go tell the computing students at MMU!
2009/10/22 Jon Spriggs
> There is indeed wifi. It's all confirmed, and I'll even be there! :)
> --
> Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified
>
>
>
> 2009/10/22 Simon Wears :
> > So is this all confirmed then? And will there be Wi-Fi?
> >
Yep, and I'm even organising cake again :)
Please bring yourself, your friends and CDs, etc. And tell as many
people as you can!!
2009/10/22 Jon Spriggs :
> There is indeed wifi. It's all confirmed, and I'll even be there! :)
> --
> Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified
>
>
>
> 2009/10/22 S
Hi Guys,
Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's,
I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21
there are no updates yet.
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2009/10/22 Nick
> Hi Guys,
>
> Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's,
> I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21
> there are no updates yet.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> --
> Nicholas.J.Parkinson
>
> Nick,
The RC release is just a snapsho
On Thu Oct 22 14:22:39 +0100 2009 Nick wrote:
> Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's,
> I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21
> there are no updates yet.
I think you misunderstand the process somewhat.
We slow down updates when
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 14:43 +0100, James Westby wrote:
> On Thu Oct 22 14:22:39 +0100 2009 Nick wrote:
> > Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's,
> > I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21
> > there are no updates yet.
>
> I think
Hi,
> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> > On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
> >> On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
> >>> That page got right up my nose
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a
> >>> "television p
2009/10/22 Alan Lord (News) :
> On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
>> On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
>>> That page got right up my nose
>>>
>>> --
>>> Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a
>>> "television programme".
On 22/10/09 16:28, Christopher Swift wrote:
>> --
> Alan, since we've gone onto the topic of both spelling and grammar,
> you will find that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
> past participle of the verb to spell is indeed "spelt". We are not
> living in America on this thread. Vi
Tony Pursell:
> Use of the word 'program' for computer program was in a book
> I used to have with a title something like 'British Standard
> Terms in Data Processing', published by the BSI back in
> the1960s!. And people still get it wrong...
I remember correcting my primary school teacher on t
2009/10/22 Nick :
> On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 14:43 +0100, James Westby wrote:
>
> Well, the good news is that the Netbook Remix Beta runs remarkably well
> on my obscure Toshiba NB100 notebook :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicholas.J.Parkinson
+1. I tried out Ubuntu Netbook Remix and it felt as though i
2009/10/22 Harry Rickards :
> The only problem I encountered was FreeCiv not fitting on the tiny 7"
> screen, but that was fixed by using the SDL client instead (and yes,
> there is already a bug filed).
>
For anyone who's got the same problem package numbers are
freeciv-client-gtk (the one that
I'm trying to transfer a list of names and email addresses from Open
Office Calc to Evolution email.
I'm converting to .csv - the file converts back OK to two columns when I
open it in Open Office, but when I import it into Evolution, the names
and emails are all in one field.
My settings are UTC
Ignore me - I didn't have enough spaces so it was trying to import the
email add into a nickname field. I've added some extra blank columns
and now it's happy.
Dianne
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Although I have no hard evidence, it was years ago that I heard about
the US govt/FBI having a backdoor into Windows, and that all antivirus
software by law cannot be allowed to detect what the FBI, etc., put onto
people's computers.
It might be true, it might be partially true. But the fact i
I do that too, sometimes. Too eager to get my post sent, I forget to
completely proofread it first and so sometimes mistyped words/phrases
get sent accidentally.
I do try now more often to check and read my emails carefully before
sending, but sometimes I send an email quickly (and live to regr
> Although I have no hard evidence ... the truth is out there.
No offense, but by speculating like they do on government's spying in on us
through our computers whilst offering no hard evidence, they rather run the
risk of coming across a little tin-foil hat.
I don't know the Enquirer -- how respe
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 23:43 +0100, David King wrote:
> Although I have no hard evidence, it was years ago that I heard about
> the US govt/FBI having a backdoor into Windows, and that all antivirus
> software by law cannot be allowed to detect what the FBI, etc., put onto
> people's computers.
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 22:44 +0100, Christopher Swift
:
> Alan, since we've gone onto the topic of both spelling and grammar,
> you will find that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
> past participle of the verb to spell is indeed "spelt". We are not
> living in America on this thread.
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